Prospect Info: Basile Sansonnens (LD - Swiss-A) | 221st Overall 2024 Draft

[Hinterland]

Another surprising turn of events. Makes sense why the Canucks selected him.

Can't say I'm surprised. As explained above...when Sansonnens refused to stay in Fribourg (despite being offered a clear path to the NL) and signed in Lausanne instead...it was pretty clear that he's on the move to NA. As a kid who just got drafted into the NHL you don't throw away your career for a few bucks.

 

[thefeebster]

The one bad thing… I feel the Q in its current state is a clear QOC tier lower than the OHL/WHL.

Hopefully he runs with it & the extra ice time and dominates.

 

[Hinterland]

The one bad thing… I feel the Q in its current state is a clear QOC tier lower than the OHL/WHL.

Hopefully he runs with it & the extra ice time and dominates.

I agree. But Rimouski, as the host of the Memorial Cup, is gonna load up anyway. Other teams are gonna load up as well...it's more of a depth problem the QMJHL has.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

The one bad thing… I feel the Q in its current state is a clear QOC tier lower than the OHL/WHL.

Hopefully he runs with it & the extra ice time and dominates.

How's Sansonnens' english? He may be more comfortable in Quebec if he's a french-speaker. That kind of thing is important at his age.

 

[Hinterland]

How's Sansonnens' english? He may be more comfortable in Quebec if he's a french-speaker. That kind of thing is important at his age.

The problem is that the Québec "French" has little in common with the French spoken in Switzerland

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

The problem is that the Québec "French" has little in common with the French spoken in Switzerland

He may not understand them, but at least they'll understand him

 

[Hinterland]

He may not understand them, but at least they'll understand him

That may very well be the case